“Recognize the disruptions we all face, and act — don’t simply observe.”
This advice from Rick Shadyac, President of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, speaks not only to how Shadyac has led the organization through the pandemic, but also to how ALSAC has evolved over its 60 year history to meet the moment and expand its footprint.
St. Jude was born out of founder Danny Thomas’ vision that no child should be denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay. Today, their impact is felt far and wide — St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world, while ensuring that families never receive a bill from St. Jude. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than
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